Regrets only, please
by George SeldesAugust 29th, 2007 at 05:17:44
This Lelo in NoPo blog entry tells a sad tale –OPB is bringing Ira Glass of “This American Life” to Portland for a fundraiser, but can’t be bothered to look hard enough to find a venue that isn’t in a homophobic right-wing church (whose membership, on the whole, likely thinks OPB is part of the anti-Christian liberal media conspiracy).
If you’re an OPB member, I hope you will contact them, explain why you won’t be attending this OPB fundraiser, and why you’ll be supporting KBOO (a station that needs your support far more than OPB does) in the future. Tell them you’re going to stay home and watch “Jesus Camp” on DVD that night.
September 3rd, 2007 at 5:17 am
Reading Lelo’s blog, I see the most recent comments are saying the venue has changed.
September 4th, 2007 at 6:48 pm
Yes, thanks to the bloggers that highlighted this issue, the event has been moved. See this story in the Oregonian:
New site picked for talk by radio personality Ira Glass to address criticism (http://blog.oregonlive.com/breakingnews/2007/08/ira_glass_popular_public_radio.html) or this story on BlueOregon (http://www.blueoregon.com/2007/08/lelo-wins-ira-g.html).